Jessie Lilac Blog

How did 2 weeks fly by since my last blogpost?! Things are still pretty busy around here and lots has been happening so let me tell you what I've been doing. Over the half term we had a few days away in Cornwall. We drove over to the Lizard Peninsula to Kynance Cove (pics above) and then along the coast to another beautiful cove that I haven't been to before called Poldhu Cove. I loved the caves there, I imagined I'd see a mermaid living inside one of them but alas I didn't this time. The same day that we arrived back home, we had a family celebration for Youngest Son as he's just passed his driving test and had his birthday too! I'm always inspired to paint when I've been to Cornwall and once the house was quiet again, I finished this painting.  It's called ' Looking Back '.  I love the combination of bright turquoise together with the the earthy tones of browns and I've had in mind to do a paintin

First of all let me say happy Valentine's day to all of you out there in Blogland. ♥ ♥ Thankyou for coming here today and to see what I've been up to of late. :) You might have noticed I've recently been enjoying working on some little mixed media pieces and I've now finished 3 more! This one's called ' Peachy ' and measures 6 x 6inches. It's painted on box canvas, with white painted sides and wire on the back ready to hang. ' Demeter ' and ' Maris ' are painted on thick watercolour paper and measure 10 x 7 inches each. . Maris Demeter They are all now listed in my Etsy shop ready for someone special (is that you?) to give them new homes. :) ♥ ♥ ♥ Before I go, I'll show you my current crochet makings. It's a stripy blanket for ME! I'm enjoying these stripes so much, choosing which colour to use next that I'm not sure if I'm ever going to be able to stop! For

Hello there, after the very eventful and exciting week I wrote about in my last post, this week has been very quiet in comparison, I've been spending the time working on some new little paintings on canvas board and on paper. The three you see in the picture above were all worked on at the same time, while one was drying or if I'd reached a point where I wasn't sure what to do next, I'd move on to the next one. If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you might have thought they were flying off my art table like a conveyor system! The truth is that they each took several days to complete and they all finished within a couple of days of eachother. Here's the first one, it's called 'Noctambula.' It measures 7 x 5 inches and is painted with acrylic paint and collage paper on canvas board. Sometimes I like to incise into the wet acrylic paint to make fine lines. I actually use an old knitting needle for this! It's a very satisfying thing t